CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.Which word is “run”? (a) cup (b) pan (c) run
- 2.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) mud (c) mug
- 3.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hut (b) nut (c) hug
- 4.Blend the sounds: c – o – t. Which word is it? (a) got (b) dot (c) cot
- 5.Which word is “sun”? (a) can (b) sun (c) nut
- 6.Which word is “dog”? (a) dot (b) dog (c) log
- 7.Change the “m” in “mud” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) bad (b) mud (c) bud
- 8.Change the “c” in “cot” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rot (b) cot (c) not
- 9.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) f (c) h
- 10.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 11.Blend the sounds: l – o – g. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) jog (c) log
- 12.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) cup (c) nut
- 13.🏃 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) pen (c) run
- 14.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 15.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 16.🦊 Which word is this? (a) dot (b) fox (c) log
- 17.Which word is “box”? (a) bus (b) fox (c) box
- 18.Blend the sounds: h – u – m. Which word is it? (a) gum (b) hum (c) sum
- 19.Which word is “bus”? (a) bag (b) bus (c) run
- 20.Change the “p” in “hop” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) hop (b) hot (c) hog
- 21.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) d (c) h
- 22.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) bud (c) bug
- 23.Blend the sounds: b – u – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bus (c) fun
- 24.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) z (c) v
- 25.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) dot (c) six
- 26.🛁 _ u b — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) z (c) t
- 27.Blend the sounds: s – u – n. Which word is it? (a) sun (b) sum (c) fun
- 28.Change the “r” in “rub” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cut (b) cub (c) rub
- 29.Which word is “log”? (a) log (b) dog (c) leg
- 30.Change the “g” in “got” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dot (b) got (c) not
- 31.Blend the sounds: f – u – n. Which word is it? (a) fin (b) bun (c) fun
- 32.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) z (c) s
- 33.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 34.Blend the sounds: j – o – g. Which word is it? (a) fog (b) dog (c) jog
- 35.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 36.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) b (c) f
- 37.Blend the sounds: j – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dug (b) jug (c) rug
- 38.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) j (c) b
- 39.⚫ Which word is this? (a) dot (b) log (c) net
- 40.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
Answer key
- run
- mug
- hut
- cot
- sun
- dog
- bud
- not
- f
- o
- log
- nut
- run
- o
- o
- fox
- box
- hum
- bus
- hog
- d
- bug
- bun
- b
- fox
- t
- sun
- cub
- log
- dot
- fun
- s
- u
- jog
- u
- b
- jug
- b
- dot
- o
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